Mario Mendoza

Full Name: Mario (Aizpuru) Mendoza	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170	First Game: April 26, 1974
Birthdate: December 26, 1950	Final Game: May 22, 1982
Birthplace: Chihuahua, Chihuahua (Mexico)	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Mario Mendoza (Mario (Aizpuru) Mendoza) was born on December 26, 1950 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua (Mexico). He made his Major League debut on April 26, 1974 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .221 with 0 home runs and 15 RBI. Mendoza played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers over the course of his 9 year career.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1974	PIT	N	91	163	10	36	0	15	.221	.259	.252	1	2	8	35	1	3	1	2	6
1975	PIT	N	56	50	8	9	0	2	.180	.226	.200	1	0	3	17	0	3	0	0	1
1976	PIT	N	50	92	6	17	0	12	.185	.216	.239	5	0	4	15	0	0	0	1	3
1977	PIT	N	70	81	5	16	0	4	.198	.226	.235	3	0	3	10	0	2	0	0	1
1978	PIT	N	57	55	5	12	1	3	.218	.283	.291	1	0	2	9	3	2	3	1	0
1979	SEA	A	148	373	26	74	1	29	.198	.216	.249	10	3	9	62	1	13	3	0	12
1980	SEA	A	114	277	27	68	2	14	.245	.286	.310	6	3	16	42	0	11	3	0	5
1981	TEX	A	88	229	18	53	0	22	.231	.254	.266	6	1	7	25	1	14	2	0	9
1982	TEX	A	12	17	1	2	0	0	.118	.118	.118	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1
Total	NL		324	441	34	90	1	36	.204	.244	.245	11	2	20	86	4	10	4	4	11
Total	AL		362	896	72	197	3	65	.220	.246	.270	22	7	32	133	2	39	8	0	27
Total			686	1337	106	287	4	101	.215	.245	.262	33	9	52	219	6	49	12	4	38

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1974	PIT	N	SS	87	48	471.1	77	187	10	21	.964
1975	PIT	N	SS	53	17	195	29	70	5	10	.952
1975	PIT	N	3B	1	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	PIT	N	SS	45	24	256	42	103	5	19	.967
1976	PIT	N	3B	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	1.000
1976	PIT	N	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	PIT	N	SS	46	17	215	36	80	9	13	.928
1977	PIT	N	3B	19	0	46.1	5	6	1	0	.917
1977	PIT	N	P	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1978	PIT	N	2B	21	4	84.2	17	31	1	3	.980
1978	PIT	N	3B	19	0	39	4	16	3	1	.870
1978	PIT	N	SS	14	2	55	7	14	1	0	.955
1979	SEA	A	SS	148	132	1082.2	177	422	20	91	.968
1980	SEA	A	SS	114	91	792.1	149	290	19	68	.959
1981	TEX	A	SS	88	83	687.2	114	270	12	47	.970
1982	TEX	A	SS	12	6	52.2	14	16	4	6	.882
Total			3B	41	0	90.2	9	24	4	1	.892
Total			P	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	22	4	85.2	17	31	1	3	.980
Total			SS	607	420	3807.2	645	1452	85	275	.961

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1977	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	13.50	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	0	1	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 14, 1970).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Odell Jones and Rafael Vasquez to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Enrique Romo, Rick Jones and Tom McMillan (December 5, 1978).
Traded by Seattle Mariners with Rick Honeycutt, Larry Cox, Leon Roberts and Willie Horton to Texas Rangers in exchange for Richie Zisk, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Gleaton, Brian Allard and Steve Finch (December 12, 1980).
Released by Texas Rangers (June 7, 1982).